Jeffrey R Woolf
Biographic Data
| ID | 1459442 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffrey R Woolf |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffrey R |
| FAMILY NAME | Woolf |
| SIGNATURE | WOOLF J R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bar-Ilan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Fabric of Religious Life in Medieval Ashkenaz (1000-1300)
In The Fabric of Religious Life in Medieval Ashkenaz, Jeffrey R. Woolf presents the first integrated presentation of the ideals and beliefs that comprised the self-image and worldview of Ashkenazic Jews in the Central and High Middle Ages (900-1300). Through careful examination of a wide range of sources (legal, customal, liturgical, artistic), Woolf shows how religious practice played a dual role in creating and sustaining Jewish life in a hosti…
And I shall dwell in their midst
This study attempts to retrieve the experiential quality of medieval Ashkenazic God awareness. Based upon an examination of the broad gamut of contemporary religious literature (law and liturgy, piyyut and commentary, chronicles and customals) it attempts to demonstrate that this awareness was imminent, intense and palpable. Methodologically, it offers an example of the way in which the tools of the history of representations can be constructivel…
Time Awareness as a Source of Spirituality in the Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
A tense, dialectical relationship between religion in essence and religion in manifestation is at the core of the Jewish religious consciousness- its legal configuration and its historical experience. Halakah is the indispensible manifestation and prescribed concretization of an underlying and over-riding spiritual essence, a volatile, magnetic and incompressible religious force designated as Judaism.1 With these words, the late Isadore Twersky s…
Between Law and Society
The late Professor Jacob Katz was wont to observe that the student seeking to properly study and evaluate rabbinic responsa must read his sources twice. First, he must examine the text from the point of view of the halakhist, and evaluate it as an integral part of halakhic literature and tradition, respecting the general assumption of the halakhist that Jewish law is a closed system, which operates according to its own rules. After this, he must …
Between Diffidence and Initiative
Parmi les caracteristiques de la culture Ashkenaze tardive que les historiens relevent comme preuve du «declin spirituel» de la fin du Moyen Age (1350-1500), on met souvent l'accent sur l'image personnelle devaluee des autorites halakhiques d'alors. Ce que l'on avancait a ce sujet blessait, et meme paralysait, le fonctionnement correct du systeme halakhique. L'A. passe ici en revue les ecrits des halakhistes, connus et moins connus, ce qui revele…
Some Polemical Emphases in the "Sefer Miṣwot Gadol" of Rabbi Moses of Coucy
Maimonides Revised
The Sefer Miṣwot Gadol ( The Great Book of the Commandments ) of R. Moses b. Jacob of Coucy (mid-thirteenth century), is one of the central works of halakhic codification stemming from Franco-German (Ashkenazic) Jewry in the High Middle Ages. It has long had a reputation for being one of the classic compilations of the tosafist age, a period of efflorescence of talmudic scholarship which spanned the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Its influence…
Time Awareness as a Source of Spirituality in the Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
A tense, dialectical relationship between religion in essence and religion in manifestation is at the core of the Jewish religious consciousness- its legal configuration and its historical experience. Halakah is the indispensible manifestation and prescribed concretization of an underlying and over-riding spiritual essence, a volatile, magnetic and incompressible religious force designated as Judaism.1 With these words, the late Isadore Twersky s…
Maimonides Revised
The Sefer Miṣwot Gadol ( The Great Book of the Commandments ) of R. Moses b. Jacob of Coucy (mid-thirteenth century), is one of the central works of halakhic codification stemming from Franco-German (Ashkenazic) Jewry in the High Middle Ages. It has long had a reputation for being one of the classic compilations of the tosafist age, a period of efflorescence of talmudic scholarship which spanned the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Its influence…
Some Polemical Emphases in the "Sefer Miṣwot Gadol" of Rabbi Moses of Coucy
Between Law and Society
The late Professor Jacob Katz was wont to observe that the student seeking to properly study and evaluate rabbinic responsa must read his sources twice. First, he must examine the text from the point of view of the halakhist, and evaluate it as an integral part of halakhic literature and tradition, respecting the general assumption of the halakhist that Jewish law is a closed system, which operates according to its own rules. After this, he must …
Between Diffidence and Initiative
Parmi les caracteristiques de la culture Ashkenaze tardive que les historiens relevent comme preuve du «declin spirituel» de la fin du Moyen Age (1350-1500), on met souvent l'accent sur l'image personnelle devaluee des autorites halakhiques d'alors. Ce que l'on avancait a ce sujet blessait, et meme paralysait, le fonctionnement correct du systeme halakhique. L'A. passe ici en revue les ecrits des halakhistes, connus et moins connus, ce qui revele…
Time Awareness as a Source of Spirituality in the Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
A tense, dialectical relationship between religion in essence and religion in manifestation is at the core of the Jewish religious consciousness- its legal configuration and its historical experience. Halakah is the indispensible manifestation and prescribed concretization of an underlying and over-riding spiritual essence, a volatile, magnetic and incompressible religious force designated as Judaism.1 With these words, the late Isadore Twersky s…
And I shall dwell in their midst
This study attempts to retrieve the experiential quality of medieval Ashkenazic God awareness. Based upon an examination of the broad gamut of contemporary religious literature (law and liturgy, piyyut and commentary, chronicles and customals) it attempts to demonstrate that this awareness was imminent, intense and palpable. Methodologically, it offers an example of the way in which the tools of the history of representations can be constructivel…
The Fabric of Religious Life in Medieval Ashkenaz (1000-1300)
In The Fabric of Religious Life in Medieval Ashkenaz, Jeffrey R. Woolf presents the first integrated presentation of the ideals and beliefs that comprised the self-image and worldview of Ashkenazic Jews in the Central and High Middle Ages (900-1300). Through careful examination of a wide range of sources (legal, customal, liturgical, artistic), Woolf shows how religious practice played a dual role in creating and sustaining Jewish life in a hosti…
Archaeology and Historical Studies (6 works) · History (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (4 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Judaism (3 works)